The first shuttle mission for Astronaut Leland Melvin, formerly an engineer at Langley, delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station.

The first shuttle mission for Astronaut Leland Melvin, formerly an engineer at Langley, delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. (unknown, Daily Press)

Astornaut Leland Melvin from Lynchburg, Va. was an engineer at Langley. He visited students at Seaford Elementary to talk about his experience during a assembly in this file photo dated 2008.

Astornaut Leland Melvin from Lynchburg, Va. was an engineer at Langley. He visited students at Seaford Elementary to talk about his experience during a assembly in this file photo dated 2008. (Joe Fudge, Daily Press)

Commander Steve Frick, Pilot Alan Poindexter, mission specialists Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, Hans Schlegel, a German from the European Space Agency, Stanley Love, and Leopold Eyharts, a Frenchman from the European Space Agency, address the media during a press conference at Kennedy Space...